Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
Kate Vernon: Ellen Tigh
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Quotes
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Brother Cavil : In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova?
Ellen Tigh : No.
Brother Cavil : No? Well, I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air.
Ellen Tigh : The five of us designed you to be as human as possible.
Brother Cavil : I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!
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Ellen Tigh : So, you worried about Wallace Grey? I hear he's ahead in the vote count.
Tom Zarek : Whatever the people want is fine by me.
Ellen Tigh : Everyone has an agenda. I know I do.
Tom Zarek : And what would that be?
Ellen Tigh : Same as yours, Tom. Me, myself, and... ooh. I.
Tom Zarek : You are... clearly a well-connected, well-informed woman.
Ellen Tigh : Wife of the XO, for whatever that's worth.
Tom Zarek : Ah. Quite a bit. Now, and in the future.
Ellen Tigh : That's what I'm interested in, Tom. It's my place, and my... husband's place in the future.
Tom Zarek : Okay. I'm looking for a friend of mine. His name is Valence.
[scene immediately cuts to Valence dead in his cell in the brig with his wrists cut]